The committee
The Committee on Ordinary Objects
For specimens too ordinary for any single critic, the committee convenes as one body around the long table. Decisions are unanimous, eventually. The minutes are kept in one hand.
Specimens considered
- No. 227The grandstand that folds against the wall3.4
- No. 218A postcard with a return date2.8
- No. 217The catch-all box3.1
- No. 186A stack of blank forms3.0
- No. 163The please-wait-to-be-seated sign3.0
- No. 119A single latex glove3.2
- No. 098You are here, it insists3.5
- No. 089The unmailed warranty card3.0
- No. 066Unexpected item, confirmed2.8
- No. 036On the pen that does not leave2.9
- No. 011The beige sedan3.0